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Dr. Yashima discusses the upcoming Presidential election and the power of the Black vote with former Hill Staffers and Co-Founders of Black and Brown People Vote, Ifeoma Ike and Tristan Wilkerson.

Protest Plus Policy equals Progress! Last week I received a huge honor, the National Urban League’s “Living Legend” award. The following week, we celebrated the…

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and although our country has come a long way, there are still issues

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President Obama had a triumph earlier this week when the Senate passed a fast-track bill, allowing him to have authority over negotiating trade deals. Many…

Democratic lawmakers are introducing a new bill that is set to restore the cornerstone of the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court gutted the…

Nigeria welcomed its new president yesterday, the military leader and northern Muslim, Muhammadu Buhari.

For the first time ever, President Barack Obama spoke about the idea of mandatory voting, the Washington Times reports. During a town hall meeting in Cleveland this week,…

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You’ve hit the streets. You’ve carried picket signs. You’ve joined choruses “No Justice, No Peace,” “I Can’t Breathe,” and even “Fight the Power.” You were angered…

      Michael Eric Dyson is musing about what keeps White people below a certain tax bracket voting for politicians that don’t care about…

For iPhone:   Ken Smukler, the President of Infovoter is back on the Tom Joyner Morning Show with the results of the mid term elections..…

“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this…

Dear Black People: This is a critical time in our history. Vote Tuesday or be prepared to face serious consequences. Many polls show that Democrats…